Chapter 654 - Happy Tears
The soft vanilla scent managed to wake Anne from her sleep. The first thing she saw was the handsome face of Christian who apparently slept with her. Beside Christian, there was Jack, who was still closing his eyes. Anne's smile widened when she saw this incredibly beautiful sight, her heart warmed to see two men who were very important in her life beside her.
Her simple dream since decades ago had come true, being able to sleep sharing the same bed with her husband and children. The only hope that Anne had said when she was at the altar with Leon a few years ago was now realized by Jack, a man she never thought would appear in her life.
Feeling hungry, Anne moved up from the bed, but was just about to lower her legs when suddenly Jack's big hand grabbed hers.
"Where are you going?"
Anne smiled at Jack. "I'm hungry, it looks like the princess wants to eat. Since earlier, she has been playing soccer in my stomach."
Jack's eyes immediately widened when he heard her words. "What? Princess is playing soccer? Really?'
"Jack, I'm serious. We're hungry," said Anne quickly.
Jack chuckled. "Okay, wait, I'll bring you some food. You just stay in bed, don't go anywhere. Poor Christian if he was left alone."
"Okay, but don't be long. I'm already very hungry," said Anne pitifully.
"Ready Madam, wait. This maskless hero will be back soon," said Jack quickly before finally leaving Anne.
Seeing Jack leave, Anne fell back on the bed, then gave her son, who was still sleeping, a kiss. But as usual, Christian was always annoyed when he was kissed. The child seemed to know that he was going to become an older brother, that was why he always refused to be kissed by anyone, including his mother. Whereas in the past when he lived in Aberdeen, Christian always asked for his mother's kiss almost all the time.
Anne then played with her cell phone because she was tired of waiting for Jack to come back. When she was about to open a game application on her cell phone, suddenly an unlisted number called her. At first, Anne was hesitant to accept the call but for some reason Anne finally received the call, as soon as her ear pressed against her cell phone, Anne's whole body stiffened.
While on the first floor, Jack was still busy giving orders to the chefs to fill the trolley that he would bring to Anne with various foods.
"Hurry, I don't want my wife to wait too long," Jack said again as he continued to keep an eye on the work of the chefs who were moving the deserts to the second row of trolleys.
"Ready, sir. It's done," said the three cooks in unison.
Jack smiled as he looked at his food trolley which was already filled with various kinds of food. Since entering the third trimester Anne was no longer picky with food. So Jack asked the chefs to put all the food in the kitchen into the trolley.
"Let me take it, sir," said Luis suddenly holding back Jack's hand that wanted to touch his trolley.
Jack smiled and let Luis help him, they both rushed to the elevator that was already open. When walking side by side like that, Jack and Luis looked like father and son, because their heights were not much different.
"What about the company? Is there a problem, sir?"
"For now everything is safe, no problem. Everything is going very well, even the sales of Clarke's Jewel have also increased tremendously compared to last month," Jack replied quietly with a proud smile.
"But you have to be careful sir, remember that calm water is actually more dangerous than rippling water," said Luis flatly warning.
Jack tapped Luis on the shoulder suddenly. "Yes, I know that. You don't have to worry, as long as the people with whom Anne and I have been involved in the past are still around I will always be careful."
"Very well then, for the young master, the madam and the princess will be my responsibility. You don't have to worry, the most important thing is that you take care of the company well."
"Yes sir, I will remember it well," joked Jack quickly as he walked out of the elevator that had reached the second floor.
Luis shook his head at Jack's behavior, which was very similar to the late Alan. Back when Alan was alive he would have said that to Luis every time Luis given him a warning. It was always easy to overlook a problem. Knowing that the madam was hungry, Luis followed after Jack, he carefully pushed the trolley, which was already full of food, into the master's bedroom.
Luis' steps stopped when he saw Jack was hugging Anne who was already crying, while Christian, who had just woken up from his sleep, looked confused to see his parents hugging each other while crying. Unable to bear to see Christian, Luis rushed to the bed to reach Christian, whose still half sleepy due to suddenly waking up.
"It's okay...it's okay...grandpa's here," said Luis softly trying to calm Christian who was almost crying.
Because he felt comfortable being in Luis' arms, the handsome boy put his head back on Luis' chest, he slowly closed his eyes again. It seems Christian is still very sleepy, Luis rushes to take Christian out of the master's room. He wants to give Jack and Anne time to solve their problems, although Luis says he wants to protect Anne but he is quite self-aware of his position. In certain cases Luis did not want to be too involved in the household affairs of the master, after making sure the trolley was in Luis' room then closed the door carefully. He didn't want anyone else to see Anne cry, Luis had to keep Jack's name in the eyes of all his servants.
Jack just released his arms from Anne after he felt Anne had calmed down, Jack slowly wiped Anne's tears using a tissue.
"Why are you crying like this? Did I make a mistake?" asked Jack quietly.
Instead of answering questions from Anne's husband, she handed Jack her cell phone, a confused Jack didn't seem to understand where his wife meant.
"What's with this phone?" Jack asked again confused.
"L-Linda..."
"Linda, did she call you earlier?"
Anne nodded her head slowly with tears streaming down her face again. Jack who didn't like seeing Anne cry like that again wiped Anne's tears.
"I don't want you to talk crying like this. After all, don't you feel sorry for the princess in your stomach when you cry like this?" Jack's voice rose as he spoke.
Anne looked at Jack with teary eyes, her hands slowly touched Jack's cheeks. "Linda... she called me earlier, she and Paul cried hysterically while talking to me, Jack."
Jack frowned. "Linda and Paul are crying? What happened?"
Anne's lips trembled violently. She seemed to be holding back tears. "Linda is pregnant, she got pregnant, Jack sob...my best friend is pregnant, Jack, thank you...thank you so much for your help...."
To be continued
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